Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB505: Generally revise zoning laws to prohibit the construction of wind generation facilities.
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act allowing for a prohibition on the construction of wind generation facilities; amending sections 71-111 and 76-2-101, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ALLOWING FOR A PROHIBITION ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF WIND GENERATION FACILITIES; AMENDING SECTIONS 71-111 AND 76-2-101, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 7-1-111, MCA, is amended to read: "7-1-111. Powers denied. A local government unit with self-government powers is prohibited from exercising the following: (1) any power that applies to or affects any private or civil relationship, except as an incident to the exercise of an independent self-government power; (2) any power that applies to or affects the provisions of 7-33-4128 or Title 39, except that subject to those provisions, it may exercise any power of a public employer with regard to its employees; (3) any power that applies to or affects the public school system, except that a local unit may impose an assessment reasonably related to the cost of any service or special benefit provided by the unit and shall exercise any power that it is required by law to exercise regarding the public school system; (4) any power that prohibits the grant or denial of a certificate of compliance or a certificate of public convenience and necessity pursuant to Title 69, chapter 12; (5) any power that establishes a rate or price otherwise determined by a state …
Sponsors
- Phalen, Bob (R, 17) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
- : (S) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Energy, Planning
Common questions
- What is SB505?
- SB505 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Generally revise zoning laws to prohibit the construction of wind generation facilities.
- What does SB505 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act allowing for a prohibition on the construction of wind generation facilities; amending sections 71-111 and 76-2-101, mca; and providing an immediate effective date.".
- What is the status of SB505?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB505?
- Phalen, Bob (R, 17).
- Where is the official record for SB505?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC3515
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